At a time when Historic England has been working to get prosecutors and the courts to take graffiti on heritage sites more seriously, some graffiti is being regarded as a heritage asset, says Carolyn Shelbourn in her article in IHBC’s Context No 147.
image from Carolyn Shelbourn’s Context 147 article ©: A graffito in Bristol,
Banksy’s home city
In her article titled Graffiti in the age of Banksy, Shelbourn discusses the legal issues around graffiti and asks who owns it, can it be listed as heritage asset and is it a valuable historic resource?
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